Resource Repository

The Biological Products Core provides the AIDS research community with high-quality purified preparations of various strains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), economically prepared by leveraging the economy of scale. Materials provided include chemically inactivated virus prepared by treatment with Aldrithiol-2. This chemical inactivation method was developed by AIDS and Cancer Virus Program personnel and eliminates infectivity while preserving functional surface proteins, including envelope glycoproteins. This property makes them attractive prepara… [learn more]

The Mouse Modeling Core assists NIH investigators by generating and preserving genetically-engineered mouse strains. Services include scientific consultation, gene-targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells, micro-injection of nucleic acids, proteins, or ES cells into mouse embryos, in vitro fertilization, cryopreservation of germplasm, and regeneration of mice from frozen stocks. The MMC also interfaces with the Genome Modification Core to generate genetically or epigenetically-altered lines of mice using CRISPR and other nuclease-based methods (TALENS, Zn Fingers). The NCI Mouse Repository… [learn more]

The NIA Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Core Facility maintains a colony of rhesus macaques at the National Institutes of Health Animal Center. Established in 2012, the Core's mission is to offer research services supporting multi-disciplinary translational aging projects.  Working with investigators, we develop experimental protocols to evaluate various aspects of NHP aging.  We provide all supportive care for the research animals, complete all regulatory requirements,  conduct in vivo experiments, and collect and organize study data.  The NIA IRP's 30 years of NHP research experience has made us… [learn more]

The AgingResearchBiobank was officially launched in January 2019 with a mission to provide a state-of-the-art inventory system for the storage, maintenance, and distribution of de-identified biospecimens and associated phenotypic, clinical, and imaging data from numerous NIA-funded longitudinal studies and clinical trials on aging with the broader scientific community worldwide. It aims to foster compliance with NIH/NIA resource-sharing policies using FAIR principles and accelerate scientific advances to ultimately help extend the healthy, active years o… [learn more]

The mission of Human Brain Collection Core (HBCC) within the National Institute of Mental Health, Division of Intramural Programs (NIMH IRP) is to conduct and support research on brain and behavior, with the goal of reducing the burden of mental illness. HBCC is a national resource, providing unique opportunities in mental health research. Established Technologies The HBCC obtains human brain tissue and blood samples from deceased individuals diagnosed with major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and their consequ… [learn more]